Raccoons kept working a puzzle box long after they had already eaten the only treat inside, according to a new University of British Columbia study that reframes how scientists think about animal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For a raccoon, breaking into your garbage might be just as satisfying as cracking a crossword puzzle or a Sudoku is for you, ...

In a new experiment, raccoons continued opening fresh doors and latches on a puzzle box even after they had claimed the food ...

Raccoons keep solving puzzles even after finding food. Curiosity drives learning and may explain why raccoons adapt so well ...

Humans have devised many ways to keep raccoons at bay: trash cans with tension straps, securely closed food boxes, or clever ...

Raccoons are curious, clever, and occasionally caught red-handed in your trash bin. These masked bandits have quite the reputation, but not all of it is deserved. As a matter of fact, raccoons have ...

Rocky Raccoon stars in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, a scrappy, genius, tinkering with tools to solve problems of the universe. It’s not surprising that our raccoon neighbors inspired this ...

When Carlyn Porter, emergency response and epidemiology program administrator for Pitkin County, started her job, she received a raccoon head in a candy container. With animals bigger than a bat ...